Monthly Archives: June 2009

In Mid May we received a call from a referred customer looking to replace his wife’s magnificent platinum right hand diamond ring that had gone missing. His wife was devastated at having lost her ring and he was anxious to replace it as soon as possible with a slightly modified and more elaborate design. He […]

In mid-May we received an e-mail from a customer interested in having us make her a platinum full bezel engagement ring setting for the .90 round diamond from her original engagement ring. She e-mailed us several pictures to explain exactly what she wanted plus the modifications she wanted to add. She asked if we could […]

In a previous blog post, we mentioned that our son, Aaron, was spending the summer in India in the state of Andhra Pradesh, with his base being in Hyderabad. So many of our blog readers and customers have been touched by the work that he will be doing there and we appreciate all the notes […]

Over the past several weeks we have custom made several different versions of the very popular “fishtail pave” setting in both 2mm and 2.5mm widths. We have made it in platinum and 18K white gold We have made it with Brian Gavin Signature F/G VS and H/I SI signature diamond melee half way, three quarters […]

In the middle of April we were excited to hear from a former customer who contacted us to inquire about several diamond jewelry projects. After mulling over her options, she decided to ship in her newly acquired 0.46 ct Old European Cut (OEC) diamond to have us set it in a hand crafted 18kt white gold […]

At the end of April we were contacted by a customer who was considering having us make a diamond “baby ring” in celebration of the birth of her first child. We talked about several different options with her and she asked very specific questions about the width and height of each band we discussed. After […]

Recently a customer sent us her half carat total weight platinum channel set band that she wanted us to unmount and to create something with the diamonds. She decided that the diamonds would make a nice scattered band. She had always loved the Tiffany Etoile bands and I told her that I had a scattered […]

In the middle of February we were contacted via e-mail by a customer who had contacted us at the end of last year based on my reputation. On discovering that I had moved, she googled my name and found a way to contact me at my new company. She was looking for a Brian Gavin […]

…Hi Lesley, The diamond is beautiful! It has very colorful flashes! I had to get it appraised on Friday because BF wanted to and the GIA gemologist appraised it as a G-VS1. I'd put it at a low F/high G as well and it truly was very eye clean! I can't believe it's really an […]

Just after we started our new company, we were contacted by a very good customer from Singapore about upgrading her A Cut Above 3.43 carat total weight (ctw) K VS2 diamond earrings. It took a few weeks but we were pleased to be able to secure her a pair of perfectly matching Brian Gavin Signature […]